“This is a family estate with a lot of young children,” said the 30-year-old mum.

“With the speed those cars drive at down the Portadown Road it is only a matter of time before a child is killed,” she said.

“I think drivers should slow down. It is unbelievable the speed they drive on that road.

“I am absolutely distraught,” she said.

And she added that the Good Samaritan who found Bobby said she was appalled at the state he was in. “She went out of her way to help look for Bobby and she was very distressed at how she found him. It was very good of her to bring him to the vet.